Saturday, January 01, 2022
Feb 5: X Deaths of Wolverine signing at Third Eye Comics in Annapolis
http://www.conventionscene.com/2021/12/24/md-x-deaths-of-wolverine-signing/
Comic creators Ben Percy and Joshua Cassara sign at Third Eye Comics in Annapolis on Saturday, February 5th from 11am – 1pm.
Third Eye Comics
209 Chinquapin Round Road, Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 897-0322
Jan 9: P&P Live! Xavier Navarro Aquino | VELORIO - with Victor LaValle
Event Information
About this event
Velorio—meaning "wake"—is a story of strength, resilience, and hope; a tale of peril and possibility buoyed by the deeply held belief in a people's ability to unite against those corrupted by power.
Camila is haunted by the death of her sister, Marisol, who was caught by a mudslide during the huracán. Unable to part with Marisol, Camila carries her through town, past the churchyard, and, eventually, to the supposed utopia of Memoria.
Urayoán, the idealistic, yet troubled cult leader of Memoria, has a vision for this new society, one that in his eyes is peaceful and democratic. The paradise he preaches lures in the young, including Bayfish, a boy on the cusp of manhood, and Morivivi, a woman whose outward toughness belies an inner tenderness for her friends. But as the different members of Memoria navigate Urayoán's fiery rise, they will need to confront his violent authoritarian impulses in order to find a way to reclaim their home.
Xavier Navarro Aquino was born and raised in Puerto Rico. His fiction has appeared in Tin House, McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, and Guernica. He has been awarded scholarships from the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, the Sewanee Writers' Conference, a MacDowell Fellowship, and an ACLS Emerging Voices Fellowship at Dartmouth College. Aquino is currently an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame where he teaches in the MFA program.
Victor LaValle is the author of the short story collection Slapboxing with Jesus, four novels, The Ecstatic, Big Machine, The Devil in Silver, and The Changeling and two novellas, Lucretia and the Kroons and The Ballad of Black Tom. He is also the creator and writer of two comic books: Destroyer and Eve. He has been the recipient of numerous awards including the World Fantasy Award, British Fantasy Award, Bram Stoker Award, Whiting Writers' Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, Shirley Jackson Award, American Book Award, and the key to Southeast Queens.
Jan 19: Nnedi Okorafor and Jesse Morales-Small for AKATA WOMAN
Nnedi Okorafor and Jesse Morales-Small for AKATA WOMAN
Loyalty is so excited to celebrate Akata Woman, the highly anticipated new release by Nnedi Okorafor! Nnedi Okorafor will be in conversation with Jesse Morales-Small (aka @bowtiesandbooks)! This event is free to attend and will be held digitally via Crowdcast. Click here to register for the event. You can also order a copy of Akata Woman below to be automatically added to the registration list, and there will be an option to snag the book during the event. **Each purchase of Akata Woman will include a signed bookplate while supplies last!**
ABOUT THE BOOK
From the moment Sunny Nwazue discovered she had mystical energy flowing in her blood, she sought to understand and control her powers. Throughout her adventures in Akata Witch and Akata Warrior, she had to navigate the balance between nearly everything in her life—America and Nigeria, the "normal" world and the one infused with juju, human and spirit, good daughter and powerful Leopard Person. Now, those hard lessons and abilities are put to the test in a quest so dangerous and fantastical, it would be madness to go...but may destroy the world if she does not. With the help of her friends, Sunny embarks on a mission to find a precious object hidden deep in an otherworldly realm. Defeating the guardians of the prize will take more from Sunny than she has to give, and triumph will mean she will be forever changed.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Nnedi Okorafor is an international award-winning novelist of science fiction and fantasy for children and adults. Born in the United States to Nigerian immigrant parents, Nnedi is known for weaving African culture into evocative settings and memorable characters. Nnedi has received the World Fantasy, Hugo, Nebula, and Lodestar Awards, amongst others, for her books. Her fans include Neil Gaiman, Rick Riordan, John Green, and Ursula K. Le Guin. She holds a PhD in Literature. Learn more at nnedi.com or follow her on Twitter @nnedi.
ABOUT THE IN CONVERSATION PARTNER
Jesse Morales-Small (they/y'all pronouns) is a trans Afro-Chicano Booktuber focusing on marginalized narratives across genres. They are also the founder of Enby Book Club, a Non-Binary bookclub centering Non-Binary/Trans spectrum authors and their stories. Often, Jesse can be found in the woods with their therapy dog or hard at work on their debut novel. In addition to their BookTube channel, you can also find Jesse on Bookstagram and on Twitter @bowtiesbooks.
Please note Loyalty has a zero tolerance policy for harassment or intimidation of any kind during this virtual event.
Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "What's Happy About It?"
"What's Happy About It?"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3365
As seen from the POV of Old Father Time.
Happy New Year? Huh, what's happy about it?
No, really; I know it's only January 1st, but what the hell's happy about it?
Mike Flugennock, Political Cartoons: http://www.sinkers.org/stage
and follow me on Mastodon at https://mastodon.social/@flugennock
Friday, December 31, 2021
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 12/31/21
Andrew Vachss, Hardboiled Writer, Defender of Children, Passes Away
December 29, 2021
by Adi Tantimedh
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/andrew-vachss-hardboiled-writer-defender-of-children-passes-away/
A Hero's Legacy Comics & Collectibles In Dire Need Of Assistance [store]
December 30, 2021
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/a-heros-legacy-comics-collectibles-in-dire-need-of-assistance/
The Marvel vs. Martin Scorsese Feud Needs to Die
Kyndall Cunningham
Dec. 28, 2021
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-marvel-vs-martin-scorsese-feud-needs-to-die
Angoulême 2022 issues formal statement on postponement of festival
Originally scheduled for January 27 to 30, the festival hopes to still take place sometime in late March/early April
Dean Simons
12/30/2021
https://www.comicsbeat.com/angouleme-2022-postponement-statement/
INTERVIEW: Nick Bruel on line one for BAD KITTY GETS A PHONE
The newest entry in the New York Times-Bestselling series sees Kitty entering the cellular age!
Avery Kaplan
12/30/2021
https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-nick-bruel-on-line-one-for-bad-kitty-gets-a-phone/
Bulletproof Comics sets up a pop-up shop at the movies for SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME
Imagine coming out of a superhero movie and straight into a comics shop.
Ricardo Serrano Denis
12/30/2021
https://www.comicsbeat.com/bulletproof-comics-spider-man-no-way-home-pop-up-shop/
INTERVIEW: R.M. Peaslee and R.G. Weiner Deconstruct Spider-Man in WEB-SPINNING HEROICS [scholarship]
Hannah Means-Shannon
03/11/2013
TOP 10 KIDS COMICS OF 2021
We Laughed, We Cried, We Bombarded Our Friends with Trivia
by Brigid Alverson on December 29, 2021
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/50076/top-10-kids-comics-2021
'Poupelle of Chimney Town' Review: Seeking Refuse
By Ben Kenigsberg
A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 31, 2021, Section C, Page 8 of the New York edition with the headline: Poupelle of Chimney Town.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/30/movies/poupelle-of-chimney-town-review.html
Thursday, December 30, 2021
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 12/30/21
This village was a book capital. What happens when people stop buying so many books? [A once-busy Belgian 'book town' starts work on its sequel]
By Reis Thebault and Quentin Ariès
Washington Post December 28, 2021 A10
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/26/book-tourism-belgium/
Embracer Group enters into an agreement to acquire Dark Horse and forms the tenth operative group
2021-12-21 10:07
'Spider-Man' is a box office hero. Is Hollywood in a post-movie star era?
By Ryan Faughnder
Dec. 28, 2021
How 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Was "Shaped" by Its Secret Stars
Screenwriters Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers reflect on working with its mystery protagonists and dive into the biggest twists of the $1 billion grossing superhero film: "No one knows the character as well as — or gives as much thought to the character — as someone who has to then embody it and sell it."
Aaron Couch
December 29, 2021
'Black Panther' fans implore Marvel to #RecastTChalla after Chadwick Boseman's death
BY CHRISTI CARRASSTAFF
DEC. 28, 2021
Stan Lee Knew Early on Comic Collecting Would Be a Highly Lucrative Hobby
Ryan Parker
December 28, 2021
Thirty Minutes with Stan Lee (circa 1975)
Jan 27, 2016
Sean Howe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=areUni1_j9U
Daredevil Writer Brutally Kills Major Spider-Man Character in MCU Fan Art; Daredevil writer Chip Zdarsky creates fan art for Spider-Man: No Way Home, imagining a major character's death while paying homage to comics and films.
By Sean Gribbin
CBR December 26 2021
https://www.cbr.com/daredevil-chip-zdarsky-spider-man-uncle-ben-death/
Interview with Chip Zdarsky (December 2021) [Daredevil]
Kuljit Mithra
December 2021
https://www.manwithoutfear.com/daredevil-interviews/Chip-Zdarsky-Devils-Reign
Chip Zdarsky On Daredevil, Newburn, Howard The Duck, All-Nighter, Kaptara, Public Domain, Batman!
Daniel Fee
Dec 28, 2021
Daniel Fee33
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVDP_dZvyOI
Covid strikes again: Angoulême 2022 delayed to Spring
With a worldwide surge in Omicron cases and the Monday announcement of new covid restrictions in France, the Festival declares it will postpone
Dean Simons
12/29/2021
https://www.comicsbeat.com/covid-strikes-again-angouleme-2022-delayed-to-spring/
2021 Prism Award Winners Announced
The winners and finalists were revealed in a video released on YouTube on Monday.
Avery Kaplan
12/29/2021
https://www.comicsbeat.com/2021-prism-award-winners-announced/
Schomburg's Black Comic Book Festival 2022 goes all virtual in face of latest covid surge
Despite recently announcing a hybrid 10th anniversary event, New York's Schomburg Center has once more made the Black Comic Book Festival a wholly virtual affair.
Dean Simons
12/29/2021
The Black Comic Book Festival Is Turning 10!
by Lisa Herndon, Communications and Publications Manager, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
December 13, 2021
https://www.nypl.org/blog/2021/12/13/black-comic-book-festival-turning-10
Confessions of a Black Comic Book Festival Cosplayer: Michael Flood's Impromptu Idea With a Fellow Cosplayer Helped Start a Festival Tradition
by Lisa Herndon, Communications and Publications Manager, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
December 21, 2021
https://www.nypl.org/blog/2021/12/21/black-comic-book-festival-cosplayer-michael-floods
A Conversation with Micheline Hess: Designer of Black Comic Book Festival Artwork Shares Her Inspiration
by Lisa Herndon, Communications and Publications Manager, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
December 27, 2021
https://www.nypl.org/blog/2021/12/27/conversation-micheline-hess-designer-black-comic-book-festival
Graphic Novel Production Schedules Are Too Short—and the Publishing Industry Should Care About It
by Nilah Magruder
December 20, 2021
Note: This article first appeared in The Bulletin #216 in October 2021.
https://www.sfwa.org/2021/12/20/graphic-novel-production-schedules-too-short/
Wednesday, December 29, 2021
Nilah Magruder, an artist based in Western Maryland, on deadlines
Graphic Novel Production Schedules Are Too Short—and the Publishing Industry Should Care About It
by Nilah Magruder
December 20, 2021
Note: This article first appeared in The Bulletin #216 in October 2021.
https://www.sfwa.org/2021/12/20/graphic-novel-production-schedules
Nilah Magruder is an artist based in Western Maryland. She is the author of M.F.K., a middle-grade graphic novel and winner of the Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity, and How To Find a Fox, a picture book. She has published short stories in Fireside Magazine and the All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages anthology. Nilah has also written for Marvel Comics, illustrated children's books for Disney- Hyperion, Scholastic, and Penguin, and worked as a writer and storyboard artist in television animation. She is currently writing and illustrating three graphic novels. When she is not working, Nilah is watching movies, baking, and snuggling with her cat, dog, and turtle.
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 12/29/21
Goodwyn, Al. 2021.
Best Of 2021.
Goodwyn Editorial Cartoons (December 28): http://xp4zn.mjt.lu/nl2/xp4zn/5y340.html
POLITICAL CARTOONS part 4: MICHAEL RAMIREZ
David Apatoff
Illustration Art December 13, 2021
http://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2021/12/political-cartoons-part-4-michael.html
POLITICAL CARTOONS part 5: MIRKO ILIĆ
David Apatoff
Illustration Art December 18, 2021
http://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2021/12/political-cartoons-part-5-mirko-ilic.html
POLITICAL CARTOONS part 6: ANN TELNAES
David Apatoff
Illustration Art December 26, 2021
http://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2021/12/political-cartoons-part-6-ann-telnaes.html
Joel Pett offers some 2020 hindsight of a year to forget
By Joel Pett | Marcus Dorsey
Lexington Herald Leader December 28, 2020
https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/editorial-cartoons/joel-pett/article248130085.html
Cartoonist Phil Hands unveils his 2021 jeer in review
Phil Hands | Wisconsin State Journal
Dec 27, 2021
USA TODAY cartoonist Mike Thompson's 2021 in review
Dec. 27, 2021
The Year in Cartoons: Michael De Adder
Editorial cartoonist Michael De Adder shares the insightful cartoons he is most proud of from 2021.
Toronto Star Dec. 27, 2021
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorial_cartoon/2021/12/28/the-year-in-cartoons-theo-moudakis.html
The Year in Cartoons: Theo Moudakis
Editorial cartoonist Theo Moudakis looks back at the events that acted as his muse in 2021.
Toronto Star Dec. 28, 2021
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorial_cartoon/2021/12/28/the-year-in-cartoons-theo-moudakis.html
The Year in Cartoons: Michael De Adder
Editorial cartoonist Michael De Adder shares the insightful cartoons he is most proud of from 2021.
Toronto Star Dec. 27, 2021
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorial_cartoon/2021/12/28/the-year-in-cartoons-theo-moudakis.html
The Year in Cartoons: Theo Moudakis
Editorial cartoonist Theo Moudakis looks back at the events that acted as his muse in 2021.
Toronto Star Dec. 28, 2021
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorial_cartoon/2021/12/28/the-year-in-cartoons-theo-moudakis.html
Matthew Vaughn on 'The King's Man,' the Future of 'Kingsman' and Reuniting with Henry Cavill
Brian Davids
December 24, 2021
T. Mark Taylor, Artist and Toy Designer for He-Man and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Dies at 80
Both franchises went on to launch animated series as well as movies, while Taylor's toy work was featured in documentaries.
Associated Press December 26, 2021
Why Dark Horse Embraced a Sale to a Swedish Gaming Giant
The deal, expected to close in 2022, gives the publisher financial stability while offering owner Embracer access to new IP.
Graeme McMillan
December 28, 2021
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/dark-horse-comics-sale-embracer-1235067627/
How Smithers Came Out
The father-son writing duo Rob and Johnny LaZebnik teamed up (with an assist from Christine Baranski) to at last create an openly gay romantic life for Waylon Smithers on "The Simpsons."
By Andrew Marantz
December 27, 2021
Published in the print edition of the January 3 & 10, 2022, issue, with the headline "Whither Smithers?."
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/01/03/how-smithers-came-out